Reflecting on the first US Olympic Track & Field Trials attended...

The 1976 US Olympic Trials marked the debut of
Nike's Vainqueur track spike (photo courtesy Nike)


In just a few hours, I’ll make the drive from Seattle to Eugene to attend my 11th US Olympic Track & Field Trials that begins Friday at Historic Hayward Field (though technically, the Trials start today with the men’s and women’s 20k walks through the streets of Oregon’s state capital city, Salem